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…bels, remove 'applicability constraints', extend usage section.

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Signed-off-by: Rob Sessink <[email protected]>
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- Type: `String`
- Description: Data classification level for the event payload within the
context of a `dataregulation`. Typical labels are: `public`, `internal`,
`confidential`, `restricted`.
context of a `dataregulation`. In situations where `dataregulation` is
undefined or the data protection regulation does not define any labels, then
recommended labels are: `public`, `internal`, `confidential`, or
`restricted`.
- Constraints:
- REQUIRED
- SHOULD be applicable to data protection regulation.

### dataregulation

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- Constraints:
- OPTIONAL
- if present, MUST be a non-empty string
- SHOULD be applicable to data regulation and classification.

## Usage

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`datacategory` attributes MAY be set to provide additional details on the
classification context.

Intermediaries and consumers SHOULD take these attributes into account and act
accordingly to data regulations and/or internal policies when processing the
event and payload.
When an implementation supports this extension, then intermediaries and
consumers MUST take these attributes into account and act accordingly to data
regulations and/or internal policies in processing the event and payload. If
intermediaries or consumers cannot meet such requirements, they MUST reject or
ignore the event.

Intermediaries SHOULD NOT modify the `dataclassification`, `dataregulation`, and
`datacategory` attributes.
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